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I have insomnia and I cannot get this poem out of my head. It is a poem about New York Ranger’s great, Lester Patrick, aka The Silver Fox.

Patrick was the coach of the Rangers in 1928. They were playing the Montreal Maroons for the Stanley Cup. During the series, Rangers goalie Lorne Chabot, was injured. At that time, teams didn’t carry a backup goalie. They could bring in a reserve goalie from the stands, if needed, but had to have the opposing team’s approval. There were two reserve goalies in attendance but the Montreal Maroons refused to allow them to play. To remedy the situation, the 44 year old coach of the Rangers, Lester Patrick, “donned the pads” for the Broadway Blueshirts.

This poem was in a hockey book I read about 40 years ago. I don’t remember the name of the book, but I still remember the poem.